WILTY - Stephen Merchant’s Hidden Injury REACTION

[@cs8106c]

Some people in the UK say Happy Christmas others say Merry Christmas. If saying both together it’s common to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@steddie4514]

Or "all the best" 👍

[@peterattfield]

And I say personally say 'Bar Humbug I hate Christmas'

[@shithappens1975]

I don't ever hear anyone say happy Christmas, just merry Christmas and a happy New year, you know the way it's always been said and the correct way.

[@francislaverty9262]

Hi to you both. Stitches would have been free on the NHS so it would not have mattered whether he was wealthy or not. As a nurse I think 40 -60 stitches on a hand wound is excessive, expect (not having seen the wound) no more than 8 - 12 stitches. As you likely pay per stitch in the States, I suspect the number used pushes the profits of the medical centre up

[@Bobmudu35UK]

Nothing is for free.

[@barryporteous4904]

Yes he says "he can definitely afford it" at 8:10 a natural reaction! Perhaps forgetting the NHS.

[@Jodi_BoringReviews]

We do not pay per stitch. Nick had a terrible accident where both hands were sliced and they had to stitch in layers. He didn’t have feeling in some areas as pretty much everything in his hand was cut. He ended up having surgery.

[@debnbhuy]

@@Bobmudu35UK Don't be a pratt. ! NHS free at the point of delivery.

[@ChingChangWallah.]

That's also a good reason for the NHS to skimp on stiches...but I guess your right.

[@kingstumble]

Traditionally it's always been Merry Christmas in the UK---there is even a very well known record called Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade which seems to be re-released every year. I think the confusion came about when some uptight group of meddlers with too much time on their hands complained because "merry" is also slang for being drunk and said we should all say Happy Christmas instead. I am pleased to say the majority of us ignored them.

[@Jacob_Junge]

There's also a well known record called "Happy Christmas" by John Lennon...

[@Roz-y2d]

Wrong. It’s historically happy Christmas.

[@jokepy4230]

It's always been "Happy Christmas" for me and my family and I'm old.

[@kingstumble]

@@Roz-y2d Evidence?

[@kingstumble]

@@jokepy4230 I bet I am older! I could show you lots of Christmas cards I have received over the years(I keep them--sad I know)and the vast majority say Merry Christmas and hardly any say Happy Christmas.

[@chayeso1319]

You two are brilliant xx Merry Christmas from England

[@jipday8566]

Tell me your American without telling me your American, lol he can definitely afford stitches ❤

[@Roz-y2d]

I know. Sad.🤣

[@Walksandwanders]

Re:stitches “he could definitely afford it”… There would be no charge in the UK. Every treatment is free on the NHS. I can’t imagine living in a country where healthcare wasn’t free. 😀 Nice holiday sweaters!

[@cerisambrook7692]

"I can't imagine living in a country where healthcare wasn't free" - You and the majority of the rest of the world. Only a minority of countries, including the US, like to asset strip it's citizens when they need medical help.

[@joshkleine21]

“He should have gone to the doctor he can afford it” - Yeah, everyone outside of America can. It’s free.

[@4Kandlez]

He said he wanted the builders to think he was "one of the boys" like them, not that he was a boy. Jodi just misheard, although it would be odd to think anyone would send a boy to buy a sheet of glass from a builders supplier 😁

[@Person01234]

Nobody overthinks christmas greetings here. Say merry christmas (more normal to me) say happy christmas, say enjoy the holidays, who cares.

[@drcl7429]

I think this story probably happened when he was an adult. However mobile phones were popular in the UK many years before the USA. From my memory they started to appear about 1995 at my school.

[@MikeDuddy-q2t]

Lol Jodi said Sharon is sweet. Wait till she sees the clip of what she did to her assistant.

[@nordlyselsker]

That was so horrible. I am still surprised it made the cut, in a Christmas episode of all places.

[@MikeDuddy-q2t]

@@nordlyselsker I don't see what cutting out would have solved. It's still an amusing clip and worthy of your time as a viewer and I don't see it as reflecting badly on the show itself. It only reflects badly on Sharon and possibly Ozzy but she volunteered that information so by all means I don't see what's wrong about it staying in the show. If you're wondering why Sharon would volunteer that information I suspect Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They say you shouldn't diagnose celebrities based on the little you know of them but when someone describes a story that mirrors the symptoms exactly then it makes you wonder.

[@brendanm6921]

She also thinks it's ok to throw stuff at bands she doesn't like and openly laugh at people being assaulted. Sharon is an absolutely vile, disgusting scumbag. Not sweet at all.

[@sam04019491]

“One of the boys” means just one of the lads, not actually a small boy.

[@janekotoole8751]

Yeah I think the repeated use of "boys" definitely threw her off.

[@martylawrance]

Whether or not he could afford it, stitches are free in the UK. Long live the NHS 😀

[@watchreadplayretro]

Brilliant! Thankyous!

[@TommyHax]

I cut the "webbing" between my forefinger and thumb once doing DIY. It mustve been about 5mm deep so if was quite the wound! I used super glue to close it up and it healed absolutely fine. The ironic outcome was I felt both stupid and like a doctor.

[@grabtharshammer]

First used during the Vietnam War by medics as an emergency fix in the field

[@margaretflounders8510]

I did that..Twice, both times I was trying to turn a tap off, the old fashioned brass ones, split the webbing, and had to RUN round to the Health Centre, 2 streets away...They just glued it each time, and not a scar..I got rid of the bloody taps though..

[@chayeso1319]

Good man ❤

[@avandy3]

Fun fact Nick a spray-able form of Superglue was used in the Vietnam war to slow the flow of blood before the casualty could be treated. 😮

[@JustinSawyer-ji5wm]

Finally, some festive spirit. I ALWAYS say MERRY Christmas. Happy is reserved for "Happy New Year". Talking of which, I really hope next year is happy. 2023 has proved its badassery... i need some Ws under my belt, lets go 2024

[@debnbhuy]

Stephen Merchant is from Bristol . A west country man who almost has my accent !! I am from a bit more westwards ...beautiful Devon !! Merry Christmas Happy Christmas either is fine not too sure about "Happy holidays " though !!

[@williambilly3269]

Your hair looks lovely jodi 👌👍. Good job guys.

[@stretch977]

Nice to see it wasn't just me who thought that. She's definitely had it done and it's got a curl to it

[@Jodi_BoringReviews]

Thanks!

[@beadot8629]

Thankyou for bringing that Christmas feeling to your video. 👍🎄🎅🧑‍🎄

[@sconaldo7]

The happy and merry is interchangeable at least in my life

[@IanDarley]

I got my first 'pocketable' phone in 89. They became common here much earlier than in the US, to the surprise of my American wife's family when they visited for our wedding in 1990.

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

Blond hair in Pirates was Mackenzie Crook

[@duncanliath]

in Scotland, we typically wish someone a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

[@ladykaycey]

Yeah, everyone I know have always said that too. I'm Scottish as well 😊

[@elainecampbell8227]

FYI, we don't pay for medical treatment in the UK. It's free.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Mmmmm. Well nearly

[@petertyson4022]

Mr Merchant was on the film Logan as Caliban. In Britain we say merry and happy Christmas. Sometimes you might hear good tidings.

[@paulbromley6687]

Woah, they saw you coming mate 40-60 stitches. So in the US do they charge per stitch ? because here they would slap in about ten to fifteen of our NHS free stitches double quick time

[@kajenbop]

It’s “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year”

[@jacquelinepearson2288]

"Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" are the long established greetings, although some people also say "Happy Christmas".

[@b3564]

"Merry Christmas and a happy new year!" But doesn't matter to most!

[@greygreen5610]

definitely merry christmas is the norm. a student in the uk usually means your at uni rather then at school

[@tvgcmma9215]

Xmas ep from 2021 def worth a watch as so funny ‘how to use gps’

[@tvgcmma9215]

the guy in red is a tv doctor but had just been in uk version of dancing with stars and why Lee mentioned dancing

[@martylawrance]

Merry Christmas/Happy Christmas, very much a 50/50 thing these days. The only time it is definitely different would be a double greeting that many put on their Christmas cards "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". Can I also extend those wishes to you both 😀

[@catherinebutler4819]

If you like Stephen Merchant, check out his comedy series, Outlaws, which he wrote and starred in with, of all people, Christopher Walken.

[@avmavm777]

Merry Christmas is the usual phrase.

[@tobytaylor2154]

Normally it's merry Christmas and a happy new yr, but you hear both. I've not got stitches before, both times it was because I would be leaving work so losing money, to then sit in A+E (accident and emergency) in the hospital for hrs when I could tape it up, compressed and keep an eye on it. Obviously if it's a few stitches but if my arm is hanging off then it'll be different lol

[@jane0206]

Merry xmas and a happy new year

[@Thegeordiemonkey]

Was in Tooth Fairy with the Rock and X Men wolverine the last one.

[@xergiok2322]

I find that it's better to focus on what details in the story would be to hard to come up with on the spot, rather than on the plausibility of story itself. In this story for example, Stephen said that his father told him that they would hike the price if he didn't pretend to be one of the lads. A very good explanation that involved circumstances not given to him on the card.

[@vinnywarren2144]

Happy Christmas merry Christmas yep we say both .

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

[@SavageGrace]

You should watch the Sharon Osbourne story on this show. You might change your mind about her being sweet, haha Let her real ugly entitled nature show in that one and made the others a bit uncomfortable.

[@jamesstewart8846]

Ninety-five stitches! What did you do, pat a porcupine?

[@ladykaycey]

I used to be a nurse and we often used glue on a cut depending on how bad it was

[@rgg6738]

Merry Xmas to you guys

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

Originally it was merry (getting drunk) and a happy new year (good wishes for the whole year).

[@jayonenote7527]

Merry Christmas.HappybNew Year

[@Tony2438]

In English we say sometimes marry and happy Christmas there is no language called British we do not have to pay for health care

[@ritahamblin1043]

Jo jo rabbit is one of his more recent films. P,s. Merry Christmas to you both

[@NZExperience]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[@TChighbury]

Kids definitely had cellphones in the UK in the mid-late 90's

[@arsenalmanic]

In Britain it's MERRY xmas, and HAPPY new year. Never heard of Happy Christmas before

[@kathramsay1569]

NHS care is free! ❤😊

[@scottwyllie1268]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

[@CheekyReviews]

Great reaction as always guys, Stephen is an absolute genius, congrats Nick, you got one right lol 😂

[@tvgcmma9215]

How other one on this ep was ever funnier - new Xmas ep just been announced for 22 dec - no we say merry Xmas in uk - merry Xmas and happy new year is what say.

[@teknotony]

Stephen Merchant is also co-writer of Life's too Short ( 8 part series ) with Warwick Davis , one of the funniest things I've watched !!! I highly recommend watching it .

[@flumpah]

I used to work with glass sheets , I cut myself many times, the cuts were always clean and healed up pretty quickly, masking tape worked wonders, and I still have all my fingers......

[@adz_b]

Merry Christmas🎄😁👍👏🏻🇬🇧

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

I'd say Merry Christmas is used more often with strangers, and is more formal, and Happy Christmas is more often used with family and friends.

[@danielw5850]

That's a good explanation! I have always made the distinction by attributing "Happy" to the Christian festival.

[@theconnoisseurofeverything4645]

“Some people don’t want to go the doctors but he could definitely afford it” 75 years ago, the UK became the first western country to provide free healthcare to all its citizens ♥️

[@Rick999888]

Norway was first with free healthcare - 1912.

[@theconnoisseurofeverything4645]

⁠@@Rick999888Healthcare in Norway is not free for over 16s. Treatment and consultations are charged at the point of service. Once a person reaches a certain level of expenditure, services are free for the remainder of the year.

[@adrianrussell1476]

Stephen was partnered with Ricky Gervaise in the series called Idiot Abroad.

[@MrNifts]

Not Free!

[@minion3806]

@@MrNifts it's free from a practical point of view. if you need treatment, you will be treated for free thanks to taxpayers, so while technically not free, it can be considered as free

[@Person01234]

"there's some people who don't want to go to the doctors, but he can definitely afford it" American moment.

[@jay80ss]

Try watching Stephen merchants with Ricky Gervais and Karl pilkington so funny and educational.

[@tvgcmma9215]

He was in the office but only a very small part in one eps - his dad was also in the office as a workman who just stops and stares whenever camera on him - he co created wrote the office tho - Mackenzie cook who was in office and pirates of Caribbean has been on wilty as well

[@jimross623]

“He could get stitches. He could definitely afford it…” What an American comment! The National Health Service (NHS) is free to everyone in the UK. He doesn’t pay anything!

[@perryedwards4746]

he never said he was a boy, i don't think a glass seller would sell glass to boy.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Sharon has Ozzie so it's probably a familiar situation for her . I once had a job handling steel plates and if you went to the hospital for every cut you would be a daily visitor , your hands do toughen up so I get why Stephen was embarrassed to admit he'd been a Muppet . As others have pointed out it wouldn't have cost anything but minor injuries often have to wait . Surprised Jody called it wrong .

[@jamesinnes8129]

Time to meet Karl Pilkington i think...

[@johnnyenglish33]

I'm 64 and I've never said happy Christmas or heard it from anybody else. Merry Christmas.

[@MikeSmith-ye9ho]

Superglue was first developed for the medical industry for just that purpose. What is good for if you break a nail too far down to cut it out superglue it The nail will then grow. You can cut it out when the time is right. That I’ve done many a time. In fact, one of my nails now split while I was working on my car. It’s been superglued now for a week Just a good tip

[@Cnith]

She cares. Good job Nick!

[@rikspilz4991]

Cell phones might have been around (invented is the correct word) since the 80's but not used on mass until the late 90's/early 00's .

[@Roz-y2d]

We say both.

[@Erulin68]

Some people use super glue to close wounds ? That what it was invented for. To close battle wounds faster in Vietnam. 🙃

[@simongeoghegan9842]

No we British use both merry and happy...not at the same time.👍🇬🇧

[@TwoNinePrime]

I remember seening this for the first time but after listening to all of the Ricky Gervais Show multiple times, I instanly knew it was true lol. He has trouble relating to the working man.

[@janekotoole8751]

Had exactly the same reaction!

[@55tranquility]

Generally people say both - Merry or Happy

[@Kris1964]

He played in Jojo Rabit

[@Idubb307]

I would have thought if he didn't have stitches to his hand and let it heal "organically", there would be a massive scar. So why didn't anyone ask him to show the scar on his hand as evidence....Simples!

[@jeanbackhouse744]

Stephen Merchant also played serial killer Stephen Port (true story ) . Very creepy .

[@johnmonk66]

Glass in a glass store doesn't have sharp edges it felt like a lie from minute one.

[@marcushull12]

Do you pay by the stitch in America ? you only need 10 really lol

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

nope i tell you as it is , i gashed myself on the leg a long gash and deep i asked for a needle and cotton to sow it up , some were pretty feeling sick. stephen merchant got his stardom through ricky and totally admits without him he would not be where he is now.

[@jonkerr7667]

Reason # 47 not to stay in the USA is , having no NHS .

[@michaelb2388]

Cell phones have been about since the 80s if you wanted a brick in your car. Mobile phones have been about for most people since the mid-90s

[@petermizon4344]

DOESNT NEEF MUCH OF A GLASS CUT TO PRODUCE A LOT OF BLOOD, DONE IT MYSELF, BECAUSE ITS A FINE CUT IT CAN HEAL QUITE CLEAN

[@richt71]

Stephen Merchant has co written a lot of things with Ricky Gervais. He appears on screen less though although he did star in An Idiot Abroad and Ricky Gervais podcast.

[@LoneRanger100]

We use both merry or happy interchangeably, not sure what Harry Potter has to do with it..

[@nadeansimmons226]

overthinking again ....

[@dawnfishwick861]

He can afford it,we have the NHS,we don't have to pay

[@jimhoyt5]

He never said he was a boy, just that his father had given him that advice.

[@enemde3025]

MERRY or HAPPY. People say what they want to !! Never knew there was a UK v AMERICA thing with it !? Americans need to stop judging the UK by watching films/movies !! "He can definitely afford to go to the doctors " !? We DON'T pay to go to the doctor/hospital in the UK !!

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I had a mobile phone as a kid in 1998, it cost £20.

[@michaeldaley5831]

It doesn’t cost,to go a see the doctor,or to the hospital.unless he goes private.

[@ANGLOSAXON-q5e]

Sharons married to the most outragous man in sow business so i bet shes seen some stuff thats why i think ahes so understanding with a bit of sarcasm thrown in. I used to be ok around blood but seeing my twin sister dead in a car after a drunk driver killed her definitely put me right on tve turn when it comes to the red stuff.

[@chayeso1319]

I cut my fingers open and sorted them out instead of waiting 8 hours in an and e. Minor cuts and injuries you should sort yourself out with. Go to the hospital if you’re having a bad time.

[@alecrichardson1949]

Why not ask to see his palm? There'd be a scar. 😕

[@georget1050]

Love actually is English

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

In the uk, if he needed stitches he'd have got them , regardless of his wealth , for free 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️